gas prices up again.

340duster said
duster340. So the metric system is bad? us gallons, imperial gallons, at least a litre is the same everywhere. I am surprised you don't like it being from Sweden, All the Swedes that I know can't understand why we continue with the imperial system. Its too bad the imperial system has so many deep roots here (and in the US) as the metric sytem is so much simpler. But I guess it is what you know and what you work with, it is difficult to change something like that.

i work with bending exhaust pipes for american cars trucks and vans and i am used to measuring everyting in inches just feel more comfortable with that, but i think the metric system is easier when you have to measure something that has realy tight presicion like clearances in a gearbox or something like that but for less tight tolerances i like inches and here comes something that is a real horrorshow in mixd measuring styles, a tire size may be 275/60 15 if you brake that down a litle you first have a big number in millimeters that isnt as acurat for public understanding as a millimeter measure should be then you have a % measure of the first millemeter number that makes the height based on the widenes and last there is a inch measure..
this is nothing personal against anyone its jsut my opinion about a messed up mesuring system that is not realy needed for most aplication, never thougt about diferent styles of measuring in the same system so i fully understand your point of wiew but
can you imagine going tho the mufflerchop and ask for a 76.2 millimimeter diameter system when all you need is a 3" system? :dontknow: